The Joys of Harvest
We are virtually in the middle of the FALL CREEK Vineyards harvest, once again, so I thought it was a good idea to let you know about what’s going on this year and how we see things. First things...
View ArticleFall Creek Vineyards 2014 Harvest Report
Time during this harvest season has flown like a wild Texas wind! Grapes were hanging on the vines only weeks ago, and now they are converted into the wonderful beverage we all love to enjoy. Even...
View ArticleTexas Terroir, Part 4, Getting Practical
If you are not familiar with this series of posts, you can read parts I, II and III by clicking here (I), here (II) and/or here (III). Also, if you still have patience and time you can have a look to...
View ArticleA Look Back in Time
In previous posts I have highlighted the high quality potential of the Texas Hill Country as a wine growing region. The more I taste local wines the more I realize that fundamentals for high quality...
View ArticleThoughts on Vine Metabolism in Texas
In one of Stephen Hawking’s books, the re known scientist, warns the reader about his disregarding the advice of the editor who said he would lose half of the potential readers for every mathematical...
View ArticleUpdate on 2015 Growing Season in The Texas Hill Country
The intrinsic quality of any given wine is explained by interacting factors which include, among the long list, weather of that particular vintage. So, it’s good to keep an eye on the charts and how...
View ArticleKilling the messenger or the message?
In a recent, interesting New York Times article, Bruce Schoenfeld confronts two sides that appear to be in the antipodes of wine profile or taste and how it should be made as a result. Schoenfeld...
View Article2015 Harvest Report
Another growing season has come and gone in the Texas Hill Country. It is time to review what the grape vines endured this year, and I am sure more than a few of you will be intrigued to know how that...
View ArticleTexas Wine and Climate Change
Each year is filled with important milestones and 2015 was not the exception. One of these recaps was the Cop21 or United Nations Conference on Climate Change held in Paris, not long after those...
View Article2016 Harvest Report
Since the 2013 vintage, this is my 4th harvest as Director of Winemaking at FALL CREEK Vineyards, and now that we have the 2016 vintage in the winery, it is the proper time to look back over the past...
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